trademarks filed in news
Sort by: Relevance | Date
Apple gets lawyers in over 'pod' companies
News It's not the first time Jobs and co have come over all precious regarding their trademarks. TightPod has also been instructed to abandon a trademark application it had filed for to cover the TightPod in relation to MP3 players, with Apple once... [15 Aug 2006]
Motorola cuts off Razr copycat
News KBT, which sold the Razr-alikes in Asia, has agreed to stop manufacturing the devices after Motorola filed a lawsuit against the company alleging infringement of trademarks, designs and patents. Motorola has won a court case against a Korean... [11 May 2006]
Apple vs Apple: The date is set
News According to the Apple record label, Apple Computer has reneged on an earlier trademarks agreement, signed in 1991, and filed suit against the company in November 2004. Apple Computer - the iPod maker - and Apple Corps - the Beatles' record label... [09 May 2005]
Microsoft sues 117 phishing websites
News In one of the phishing suits previously filed by Microsoft, Iowa resident Jayson Harris, aged 21, was found guilty in December 2004 of violating the company's trademarks. Microsoft has filed 117 lawsuits against people who it claims created... [01 Apr 2005]
Orange and easyMobile go to war over colour
News Mobile operator Orange has filed a suit against no-frills newcomer easyMobile, claiming the company is infringing its trademarks. I believe their trademarks are invalid and we will attack them in court. [21 Feb 2005]
Excel finally gets registered
News Curiously, a glance at Microsoft's own trademark list shows that company has not officially registered trademarks for some of its most popular brands, including Office and Word. Microsoft has posted an online guide to using the trademarks and names... [12 Nov 2004]
Will Google lose right to Gmail name?
News Our unregistered trademarks include: AdSense, AdWords, Blogger, Froogle, Gmail, I'm Feeling Lucky and PageRank. Because the office considers applications in the order they were filed, Google could be forced to change the name of its email service... [16 Aug 2004]
Google pet shop lawsuit gets go ahead
News The legal status of trademarks used in sponsored link advertising remains murky. US District Judge Denis Hurley said in a preliminary ruling late last month that a lawsuit filed by the former owner of PetsWarehouse.com could proceed, denying the... [07 Apr 2004]
Microsoft's "legal assault" on Lindows: The verdict is in
News The protracted battle over trademarks between the world's biggest software company and a small Linux reseller appears to have been partially resolved - and the verdict isn't the one that Lindows.com wanted. [06 Apr 2004]
Lindows vs Microsoft spat hits new turf
News The Microsoft representative said Microsoft must protect its trademarks to retain them. A Microsoft representative confirmed that the suit was filed late on Wednesday in the Federal Court of Canada in Ottawa. [20 Feb 2004]
5 years ago: Playboy gets legal with browsers
News A story last month on silicon.com shows that Hugh Hefner won't have his trademarks linked with just any old smut. 15.02.1999: US men's magazine Playboy has filed a lawsuit against Netscape and Excite, claiming the internet search engines are making... [13 Feb 2004]
Google goes to court for keyword reassurance
News American Blind has insisted that Google stop selling keyword phrases that the company claims violate its trademarks. While Google had said it could block advertisers from buying keywords that directly infringe on its trademarks, including "American... [05 Dec 2003]
Microsoft has 'dubious' claim over Windows trademark
News Coughenour questioned the validity of Microsoft's Windows trademarks, saying that the word was so widely used in the industry before Microsoft released its first Windows-branded product that the company would be likely to lose any trademark... [18 Mar 2002]
Dot-info debut meets with overwhelming apathy
News Roland LaPlante, VP and chief marketing officer at Afilias said in a statement: "It is a worry to see that UK companies are not taking full advantage of this opportunity to protect their trademarks on the internet. [24 Aug 2001]
i-mode launch threatened by trademark wars
News Furthermore, the BT Cellnet trademarks have taken longer than the usual six months to be approved, leading to speculation that there may be some legal hurdle halting its progress. Our advice is always that businesses make sure that they are... [15 Dec 2000]
Keep updated for stories matching trademarks filed in news via RSS
